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brute

/bruːt

noun

1A savagely violent man or animal: he was a cold-blooded brute...

Running contrary to the accepted belief that Neanderthals were nothing but savage brutes, the child - either a foetus aged seven months or a child no more than a few weeks old - had been buried in a grave.
If the people are not violent brutes then they are passive victims.
She was the only young girl in a tavern full of large ugly brutes.

Synonyms

savage, beast, monster, animal, sadist, barbarian, devil, demon, fiend, ogre;

thug, lout, boor, oaf, ruffian, yahoo, rowdy, bully boy

informal swine, bastard, pig

Scottish informal radge

1.1 informal A cruel or insensitive person: what an unfeeling little brute you are...

He's a brute, an offense to human decency.
Eventually, though, her Catholic aspirations to Protestant gentility and heavy-handed elocution lessons failed to soothe her brute of a husband.
The public would view the woman's affair as a sad, desperate attempt to gain some comfort in the hellish life her brute of a husband had imposed on her.

1.2Something awkward, difficult, or unpleasant: a great brute of a machine...

The written section was tough - hardly anything on quantum theory, and a brute of a paper on the cell chemistry of Micronesian diatomic plankton.
It's a brute of a soundwave kicking me in the back of my neck.
So, not life or death here - just a brute of a golf course.

2An animal as opposed to a human being: we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses...

The landing was home to a pair of scabrous aging brutes, a wolf dog (I suspect) and a forlorn Great Dane.
What I remember is that the film starred Will Fyffe, whose big black dog was rather an unreliable brute that was suspected of sheep worrying.
Some observers hypothesize that she had been indoctrinated to believe the malicious stereotype of the Ursidae as awkward, clumsy, ill-mannered brutes.

Synonyms

animal, beast, wild animal, wild beast, creature

informal critter

adjective [attributive]

1Unreasoning and animal-like: a brute struggle for social superiority...

In today's society our environment and culture has shaped what was once a brute drive to reproduce, into skills and expertise which secure prominence and survival in the modern world.
The brute outvoting of one social group by another is not so much Mill's focus as the process by which majority opinion is formed and accepted as legitimate.
What kind of animals, what kind of brute beasts have we created in this land?

1.1Merely physical: we achieve little by brute force...

Tenderness is more of a show of strength than brute force, because it is harder to be compassionate than it is to be mighty.
Such relations, contributing to a sense of continuity bridge the gap between the listener and the brute physicality of the musical language.
The possession of vast territory, raw physical resources, and brute power guarantees neither prosperity nor peace.

Synonyms

physical, crude, fleshly, bodily, violent

1.2Fundamental, inescapable, and unpleasant: the brute necessities of basic subsistence...

A moral and ethical position must be based on something more than the mere brute facts of the event.
Perhaps morality is just a brute fact of the universe.
The permanent features of our situation seem mere brute facts - to be endured or, if possible, gotten around.

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus 'dull, stupid'.

Brute comes from Old French brut(e), from Latin brūtus ‘dull, stupid’.

单词	brute
释义	brute /bruːt / noun 1A savagely violent man or animal: he was a cold-blooded brute... Running contrary to the accepted belief that Neanderthals were nothing but savage brutes, the child - either a foetus aged seven months or a child no more than a few weeks old - had been buried in a grave. If the people are not violent brutes then they are passive victims. She was the only young girl in a tavern full of large ugly brutes. Synonyms savage, beast, monster, animal, sadist, barbarian, devil, demon, fiend, ogre; thug, lout, boor, oaf, ruffian, yahoo, rowdy, bully boy informal swine, bastard, pig Scottish informal radge 1.1 informal A cruel or insensitive person: what an unfeeling little brute you are... He's a brute, an offense to human decency. Eventually, though, her Catholic aspirations to Protestant gentility and heavy-handed elocution lessons failed to soothe her brute of a husband. The public would view the woman's affair as a sad, desperate attempt to gain some comfort in the hellish life her brute of a husband had imposed on her. 1.2Something awkward, difficult, or unpleasant: a great brute of a* machine... The written section was tough - hardly anything on quantum theory, and a brute of a paper on the cell chemistry of Micronesian diatomic plankton. It's a brute of a soundwave kicking me in the back of my neck. So, not life or death here - just a brute of a golf course. 2An animal as opposed to a human being: we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses... The landing was home to a pair of scabrous aging brutes, a wolf dog (I suspect) and a forlorn Great Dane. What I remember is that the film starred Will Fyffe, whose big black dog was rather an unreliable brute that was suspected of sheep worrying. Some observers hypothesize that she had been indoctrinated to believe the malicious stereotype of the Ursidae as awkward, clumsy, ill-mannered brutes. Synonyms animal, beast, wild animal, wild beast, creature informal* critter adjective [attributive] 1Unreasoning and animal-like: a brute struggle for social superiority... In today's society our environment and culture has shaped what was once a brute drive to reproduce, into skills and expertise which secure prominence and survival in the modern world. The brute outvoting of one social group by another is not so much Mill's focus as the process by which majority opinion is formed and accepted as legitimate. What kind of animals, what kind of brute beasts have we created in this land? 1.1Merely physical: we achieve little by brute force... Tenderness is more of a show of strength than brute force, because it is harder to be compassionate than it is to be mighty. Such relations, contributing to a sense of continuity bridge the gap between the listener and the brute physicality of the musical language. The possession of vast territory, raw physical resources, and brute power guarantees neither prosperity nor peace. Synonyms physical, crude, fleshly, bodily, violent 1.2Fundamental, inescapable, and unpleasant: the brute necessities of basic subsistence... A moral and ethical position must be based on something more than the mere brute facts of the event. Perhaps morality is just a brute fact of the universe. The permanent features of our situation seem mere brute facts - to be endured or, if possible, gotten around. Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus 'dull, stupid'. Brute comes from Old French brut(e), from Latin brūtus ‘dull, stupid’. Rhymes acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute
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